Political and Social Issues in British Women’s Fiction, 1928–1968

Contents London, for awarding me a sabbatical year in which I was able to complete a large proportion of this book. I am also enormously grateful to all those who have read parts of my work in progress, and who have offered helpful comments. I should particularly like to thank In Political and Social Issues in British Women's Fiction, 1928-1968 , Elizabeth Maslen reassesses fiction written by women between the granting of universal franchise and the advent of new-wave feminism. Through close readings of a wide range of novels, Maslen analyses how writers chose to represent such issues as pacifism and the threat of fascism, war, race and class, and gender, exploring in the process how the writers' priorities affect their decisions on how to write. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction....Pages 1-19 Women’s Ways of Writing....Pages 20-61 Wars and Rumours of Wars....Pages 62-98 Marginalities of Race and Class....Pages 99-144 Men, Women, Sex and Gender....Pages 145-184 Women in a Changing Society: Conclusion....Pages 185-203 Back Matter....Pages 204-248 Elizabeth Maslen reassesses fiction written by women between the granting of universal franchise and the advent of new wave feminism. She analyzes how writers chose to represent a range of issues, exploring in the process how the their priorities affect their decisions on how to write